Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+
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The rating agency Fitch says it expects a deterioration in the government's finances over three years.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the downgrade “arbitrary”.

“Fitch’s decision does not change what Americans, investors & people all around the world already know: that Treasury securities remain the world’s preeminent safe & liquid asset, and that the American economy is fundamentally strong,” Yellen has said.